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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 19, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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CMS Issues Final Rule Changing Medicaid DSH Third-Party Payor Rule

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On February 23, 2024, CMS published a final rule updating the regulatory requirements of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program in response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 2021. The final...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 28, 2023

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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Return to "Normalcy" - Bracing for the End of the Public Health Emergency

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In January 2020, Alex M. Azar, II, then secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), signed a nationwide declaration of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) that would largely shape the response of public...more

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Medicaid and the LawFoley Hoag LLP CMS Approves Two New Medicaid Waivers to Expand Coverage, Provide Flexibilities

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On September 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued approval letters for Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration applications previously submitted by Oregon and Massachusetts. Section 1115 waivers...more

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U.S. Senate Passes Significant Drug Pricing Reform in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

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​​​​​​​On August 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes some of the most significant drug pricing-related changes since the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - May 2022

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: In advance of the midterm elections in November, discussion continues in Congress and among stakeholders of drug pricing reform measures, including those that were originally part of H.R. 5376 (the...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - July 2021

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Drug Pricing Initiatives: Debate continues regarding the drug pricing measures pending in Congress. On June 22, 2021, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden released legislative principles that, among other things, would...more

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Medicaid Recipients Have a Little More Time to Spend Down Their Stimulus Money

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The one-year deadline for nursing home residents on Medicaid to spend down their first round of stimulus checks is here, but they may have a little extra time. In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

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President Biden Takes First Step Towards Reversing Trump Era Medicaid Policies

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On January 28th, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” The E.O. states that the Biden Administration will promote policies that “protect and strengthen Medicaid and...more

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Another Win for Hospitals: Courts Reject HHS’ Attempt to Narrow DSH Payment Calculations

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On November 13, 2020, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a key ruling regarding disproportionate share hospital (“DSH”) payments, in Bethesda Health Inc. v. Azar, a significant victory for hospitals. Hospitals that treat a...more

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Ninth Circuit’s Unanimous Decision in Favor of Empire Health Foundation Vacating Medicare’s 2005 Disproportionate Share Regulation...

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On October 28, 2020, after previously denying the Secretary of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) request for en banc review, the Ninth Circuit issued a mandate rendering effective its unanimous panel decision on behalf of...more

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HHS Extends COVID-19 Related Public Health Emergency Through January 20, 2021

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On October 2, 2020, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Alex M. Azar II, announced the renewal of the public health emergency declaration due to the continued consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 90-day renewal...more

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Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - September 2020

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the United States, states, payers, and providers are looking for ways to expand access to telehealth services. Telehealth is an essential tool in ensuring patients are able to access...more

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HHS Issues Guidance Regarding Relief Fund Reporting and Auditing Requirements

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued new guidance regarding reporting and auditing requirements that may impact providers and suppliers who retain payments received from the Public Health and...more

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Health CARES - Regulatory Waivers for Long Term Care Facilities

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As previously reported, the CARES Act impacts long-term care (LTC) facilities, including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities (NFs). In addition to this legislative action, the Centers for Medicare and...more

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CARES Act Summary: Health Care System

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SUPPLY SHORTAGES - Provides for the National Academies to examine and report on the security of the U.S. medical product supply chain in order to assess U.S. dependence on critical drugs and devices sourced outside of the...more

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K&L Gates Triage: COVID-19 Stark Waivers

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In this week’s episode, Mary Beth Johnston, Carolyn Merritt and Leah Richardson discuss the ways in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is easing certain...more

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HHS Issues Blanket Waivers of Stark Law to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

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On March 30, 2020, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) exercised his authority to waive certain Medicare requirements during an emergency and issued blanket waivers of sanctions...more

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Secretary Azar Urges Governors to Take Action to Lift Restrictions to Extend the Capacity of the Health Care Workforce

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In response to the growing concerns of the capacity of the health care workforce as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 24, 2020 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, issued a letter and associated...more

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Telehealth Flexibility: Key Regulatory Changes that Providers Should Know

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While providers struggle to provide health care to their patients amid the coronavirus contagion concerns, recent regulatory and reimbursement changes will help ease the path to the provision of healthcare via telehealth....more

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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirements

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On February 14, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its decision in Gresham et al. v. Azar et al., Case No. 19-5094, a case challenging HHS’s Medicaid waiver that allowed...more

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Indiana Medicaid Suspends Work Requirements Pending Resolution of Federal Lawsuit

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On October 31, 2019, in the face of a federal lawsuit, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration suspended its enforcement of work requirements under the state’s Medicaid waiver project, the Healthy Indiana Plan...more

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DC District Court Judge Rules Against CMS’s Site-Neutral Policy, Vacates CY 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)...

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On September 17, 2019, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in American Hospital Association, et al. v. Alex Azar, II, et al that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its statutory...more

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Trump Administration Withdraws Proposed Rebate Rule

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In an unexpected turn of events, the Trump administration has apparently reversed course and has withdrawn the proposed rule that would have amended the discount safe harbor under the Anti-Kickback Statute to eliminate...more

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